Year in Review: Miguel Olivo wrested firm control of the starting catching duties in Kansas City this past season and responded with some really respectable power numbers. His 23 home runs and .241 isolated slugging were both career highs. His .490 slugging was a gigantic part of why his OPS approached .800, which is quite beneficial from the catching position. However, amidst that success, Olivo also achieved another career high… in OBP. The problem is that the new benchmark is just .292. To be fair, Olivo did double his walk rate, going from non-existent to merely pathetic, especially when combined with his 30% strikeout rate.

The Year Ahead: Miguel Olivo is unlikely to retain a starting job this upcoming season in Colorado due to the presence of Chris Iannetta. If Olivo does see serious playing time, though, he can put up some decent home run numbers. Obviously if your league factors in OBP, then you are better off eschewing the good power for someone else who is actually capable getting on base at better than a career .278 clip. If it’s just the standard five categories instead, then Olivo’s not a bad option in NL-only leagues; he can even swipe you a few bases as an added bonus. Don’t expect him to duplicate 2009 again, given that he’s on the wrong side of 30, but that also depends on how much playing time he receives, so keep an eye on him. (Matthew Carruth)

Profile: Olivo has racked up double digit home run numbers in five consecutive seasons while playing for three different franchises, but he’s decided to really challenge himself in 2011 – he’s going to the worst park in baseball for his particular skillset. As a right-handed extreme pull hitter, Safeco Field punishes his strengths more than any other park, and Olivo is going to have to do a lot of damage on the road to repeat his 2010 numbers. You would think he might have noticed what Adrian Beltre did in Boston after leaving Seattle, or how Jose Lopez failed to make this same approach work in Seattle, but Olivo took the security of a two year deal and now has to try to overcome baseball’s version of death valley for RHBs. Given that former Catcher Of The Future Adam Moore is still hanging around, Olivo will have some competition for playing time, so if he struggles, he might find himself on the bench more often than he had anticipated. (Dave Cameron)

The Quick Opinion: Let someone else pay for Olivo's expected power - his new home ballpark will stifle his production in a big way.

Profile: Olivo has always provided fantasy owners with a rare commodity: power from their catcher spot. His batting average has usually been lacking, but it seems like one owner was always willing to overlook it in a race to gain a point in the home run column. Finally, an MLB team seems to be smart enough to make Olivo a platoon player and a backup, effectively killing his fantasy value. John Jaso, Jesus Montero and Olivo won’t be good enough to platoon in deep leagues that afford you the luxury of having two catchers, so there’s no need to take Olivo on draft day. (Zach Sanders)

The Quick Opinion: Olivo won’t be playing every day anymore, so cross him off your list. Posthaste!

Profile: Fun Fact: Miguel Olivo has never posted a season with a negative WAR. Despite what felt like a disastrous 2012 in which the itinerant catcher lost his job twice and hovered around the Mendoza Line for months, Olivo finished off with numbers similar to his career norms. This may be a comfort to him, but is unlikely to do the same for fantasy owners, for whom seeing the name of “Miguel Olivo” on their roster must have been a symbol of bad luck or previously unpunished crimes. Olivo won’t be back in Seattle next season, so depending on his new home, his numbers may see some sort of mid-thirties dead-cat bounce. But it’s unlikely that he’ll see the playing time to matter, and it’s unlikely your fantasy league ignores all the categories (runs, walks, batting average, life) that Olivo is so terribly bad at. (Patrick Dubuque)

The Quick Opinion: Unless your fantasy league has only two categories, and those categories are home runs and passed balls, Miguel Olivo is not someone you should be thinking about on Draft Day, or really any day.

Profile: Olivo elected free agency in early July after being designated for assignment from the Marlins, and never resurfaced. It's probably fair to say he may not again, as he hit just .203/.250/.392 while fanning in nearly 30% of his plate appearances with the Fish in 2013. Jeff Sullivan's recent research pegs Olivo as one of the very worst pitch framers among free agent catchers as well, leaving teams unlikely to come calling for him as a defensive specialist. If it is the end of the line for Olivo, it's at least worth noting that he hit double-digit homers for seven straight seasons. That alone should give J.P. Arencibia some hope. (Brandon Warne)

The Quick Opinion: Olivo is 35, can't hit, and isn't a particularly good defensive catcher. Fantasy or real-life, just stay away.

Profile: Olivo was released from the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate in May after biting off a piece of a teammate's ear. In a candidate for quote of the year, Dodger catcher A.J. Ellis quipped, "some people are hungry to get to the big leagues." Olivo then played for the Toros de Tijuana in the Mexican league, and perhaps this year may find himself in a penal league near you! (Jeremy Blachman)